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Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVI/ICIVIH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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Tachnical  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notes  tachniquas  at  bibllographiquaa 


Tha  Instituta  has  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  bast 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Faaturas  of  this 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographieally  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagas  in  tha 
raproduction.  or  which  may  significantly  changa 
tha  usual  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackad  balow. 


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Colourad  covars/ 
Couvartura  da  coulaur 


I      I    Covars  damagad/ 


Couvartura  andommagia 

Covars  rastorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
Couvartura  rastaurte  at/ou  palliculte 

Covar  titia  missing/ 

La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 

Colourad  maps/ 

Cartas  giographiquas  an  coulaur 

Coloured  init  (i.a.  othar  than  blua  or  black)/ 
Encra  da  coulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  noira) 

Colourad  platas  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planchas  et/ou  illustrations  an  coulaur 

Bound  with  othar  matarial/ 
Reli«  avac  d'autras  documants 


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Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  intarior  margin/ 

La  re  liura  sarrie  paut  causar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
distorsicn  la  long  de  la  marge  int6rieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  tha  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certainas  pages  blanches  ajoutias 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissant  dans  la  texte. 
mais,  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  iti  film^as. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplimentairas: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm*  la  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  it6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique.  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  mAthoda  normale  de  filmaga 
sont  indiqute  ci-dessous. 


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Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagias 

Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaurias  at/ou  paiiiculAes 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  dicoiories.  tachet^es  ou  piqu6es 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  diitachies 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inigaia  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprand  du  materiel  suppi^mantaira 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Mition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refiimed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partieilement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillot  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  it6  fiimies  A  nouveau  de  fapon  i 
obtanir  la  maiileure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  belcw/ 

Ce  document  est  film*  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqu*  ci-dessous. 

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Th«  copy  filmad  hart  has  baan  raproducad  thanka 
to  tha  ganaroaity  of: 

Ltgiilature  du  Quebec 
Qutoec 

Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poaaibia  conaidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibiiity 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  Icaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacificationa. 


Original  copiaa  in  printad  papar  eovara  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  eovar  and  anding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
firat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraaaion. 


Tha  laat  racordad  frama  on  aach  microfieha 
ahall  contain  tha  aymbol  -^  (moaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  aymbol  V  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appliaa. 

Mapa,  plataa,  charta,  ate,  may  ba  filmad  at 
dkffarant  raduction  ratioa.  Thoaa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraiy  includad  in  ona  axpoaura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  cornar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framaa  aa 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrama  illuatrata  tha 
mathod: 


L'axamplaira  film*  fut  raproduit  grlca  k  la 
g^nAroaiti  da: 

L^islature  du  Quibec 
Qirfbec 

Laa  imagaa  auh^antaa  ont  «t«  raproduitaa  avac  la 
plua  grand  aoin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  l'axamplaira  filmi,  at  an 
conformiti  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 

Laa  axamplairaa  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  aat  ImprimAa  aont  filmAa  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  mn  tarminant  aoit  par  la 
darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  dllluatration.  aoit  par  la  aacond 
plat,  aalon  la  caa.  Toua  laa  autraa  axamplairaa 
originaux  aont  filmia  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  m  tarminant  par 
la  darnlAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 

Un  daa  aymbolaa  auivanta  apparaftra  aur  la 
dami*ra  imaga  da  chaqua  microfieha,  a   on  la 
caa:  la  aymbola  -^^  aignifia  "A  SUIVP^:   ,  la 
aymbola  y  aignifia  "FIN". 

Laa  cartaa,  planchaa,  tablaaux,  ate,  pauvant  *tra 
filmte  A  daa  taux  da  rMuction  diff«ranta. 
Loraqua  la  documant  aat  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  ar;  un  aaul  clichA,  il  aat  film*  A  partir 
da  I'angia  aupAriaur  gaucha,  da  gaucha  i  droita, 
at  da  haut  an  baa,  an  pranant  la  nombra 
d'imagaa  nAcaaaaira.  Laa  diagrammaa  auivanta 
illuatrant  la  mAthoda. 


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SJXEMPUFIE0    IN    THE.  €ASB    OF    MAJOR   LACHLAN, 


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LiATE  OF  MONTllEAL- 


.  ^  A^j  a  ipeeef^made  by  His  Exeelltncif,the  OsvernorGaneral,  at  thedin^ 
ner  Jately^ giv6n  by  ^he  Monireal  Mihtiit,  in.  kU  honor,  he  is  reported  to 
Imve  said  :  '.'All  the  appointments  and  arrangements  {connetted  with  the, 
''miitia)hai.been  carefully  canvassed  and  deliberated  uponji&TW^^fi  ma- 
*^iELF  AND  Colonel  De  'R6tteni!URG  ai.6ne  J  andtke^  had  allowed  n6 
'"(raestionofpoliticsHomay  them  in  a  single  instance.  Be  (tli«  l^olonel) 
'^Letonot  polities  in  the  discharge  of  his  dulyj ,  and  hejvouldsay  far^ 
"therit  had  been  his  own  determination  to  keep  the  Force Jree  Jron 
''pontics,  altogether.     And:  this  is  not  always  easy  to  bfdoM. 

i'l^y  attention  having  been  lately  called  to  the  above  «;^r^ 
/e^<7'4ragr.'lph,  in  a  Canadian  JdHitnal,  as  having  fermed 
part  of  a  latfe' speech  by  Sir  Edmund  Head,  I  have  felt  im- 
tifelled,  in'  justice  to  myself  and  the  cii\isfef  of  ^^•uth  gfene^ 
ally-  t'6   gi^e  iuWicity  tb  fdtir  letters,   conne^tted  with 
Hiy'haVirt^i  be'eh  a  Candidate  for  the  officfe  ol  mpeding 
Fiddmc&orMlifiti,^nd^m  failure  having  forced  me^ to 
bidii  rfel^iitaSt'tafeWeittb  Odnada;  and  to  add  thereto  a  few 
dbs^rVatiohs  introductory  to  a  long  list  6f  documents  which 
Will 'b6  -fbiiiia  to  follow,  as  not  only  bearing  strong  testimony 
to  ■cdhiidei'^ble  geViferkl  services  rendered  by  me  to  the 
coti'ntT^y;  aAd  t6  *ny  b6ing  tolerably  well'  qualified  for  the' 
discharge  of  various  public  duties,  had  I  been  deemed  worthy 
of  reward,  but  also  proving,- fr^"  reliable  antecedents,  my 
peculiar  fitness  for  the  particular  office  in  question,  and  at 
the  same  time  showing  h©w  little  the  words  put  into  the 
mouth  of  the  Governor  General  are  in  the  instance  r^v 
ferred  to,  borne  out  by  facts.     Add  to  which,  it'may  be 
stated,  without  fear  of  contradiction,  that  far  from  appoint- 
ments being  made  "free  from  political  bias,    the  nomuml 
list  of  officers  will  prove  the  very  reverse  j  and,  by  con- 
auUing.  the  official  Gd;zettes  since  the  late  reorganizatioa 


of  that  Force,  it  will  be  found  that  no  great  change  has 
taken  place,  unless  it  be  in  past  services^  nnA  fitness  for  office 
being  little  taken  into  consideration.  This,  however,  I 
am  far  from  attributing  to  the  present  Governor  General 
or  Colonel  De  Rottenburg  personally,  as  intentional. — 
But  facts  are  facts,  whether  resulting  from  advisers^  acci- 
dent, or  design.  It  may  also  be  proper  to  state  that  the 
whole  of  the  documents  enumerated  are  ready  to  be  produ- 
ced when  necessary.  Suffice  it  to  add,  at  present,  that 
far  from  my  expatriation  having  arisen  from  sudden  whim 
or  caprice,  as  erroneously  supposed  by  some  friends,  who 
are  unacquainted  with  circumstances  pointed  at  in  these 
pages,  it  was  a  well  considered  step,  adopted  from  dire 
necessity,  my  long  continued  devotion  to  the  discharge  of 
unpaid  local  public  duties,  coupled  with  my  disinterested 
advocacy  of  various  important  objects  for  the  benefit  of 
the  country  generally,  having  gradually  encroached  so 
much  upon  my  slender  means,  as,  in  the  event  of  my  re- 
maining unemployed,  rendered  it  more  than  expedienty  that 
I  should  "hide  my  diminished  head"  where  I  should  be 
less  conspicuously  known,  and  where,  having  no  longer  any 
thing  to  hope  for,  my  long  harrassed  mind  would  be  left 
more  at  ease.  And  hence,  combined  with  pardonable  feel- 
ings of  indignation  at  finding  myself  so  unworthily  treated, 
am  I  now  an  exile  in  a  foreign  land,  instead  of  occupying 
that  respectable  congenial  position  to  which  I  had  become 
justly  entitled  by  twenty  years  unwearied  public  services 
and  patriotic  exertions  in  behalf  of  a  British  Colony,  which 
had  been  the  birth  place  of  several  of  my  children,  and 
been  fondly  regarded  by  me  as  my  own  adopted  country. 


No.  1. 
To  Ha  Exctlleney, 

Sir  E.  Tf.  Head,  Bart., 

Governor  General,  &c.,  dee.,  die. 

MoNTRBAi.,  S6th  March,  1858. 
May  it  PtEisE  You*  ExcctLRNcr : — 

Having  observed  in  the  Report  of  the  Commisaioners  for  the  re-or* 
faniMtioR   of  the  Militia*  that  two  Inapecting  Ftald  Officara  ara  to 


: 


form  part  of  the  improved  system,  and  taking  it  for  granted  that  ow 
officfirs  will  be  seleCtfed  for  that  duty,  I  humbly  trust  that  yoar  ExceU 
lency  will  pardon  my  respectfully  taking  an  early  opportunity  of  of- 
fcring  myself  as  a  Candidate  for  one  of  these  offices. 

To  enable  your  Excellency  to  judge  of  the  grounds  on  whichi  ven- 
ture  to  address  you,  1  beg  to  state  that  I  have  the  satisfaction  of  be- 
ing  permitted  to  refer  your  Excellency,  to  General  Rowan,  and  that  I 
can  readily  appeal  to  many  other  individuals  of  high  standing,  in  the 
Province;  that  I  am  an  old  British  Officer;  and  that  after  26  years 
service  in  the  nth  Regiment,  sinister  circumstances,  arising  out  of  the 
simultaneous  failure  of  my  Bankers  !«  London,  and  India,  led  to  my 
emigrating  aa  a  retired  officer,  to  this  country,  with  s  large  family,  m 
1886,  and  to  settle  in  the  Wejtem  District,  where  I  resided  ten  years, 
and  successively  occupied    tV  e  prominent  public  position  of  Sheriff, 
Magistrate,  Chairman  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  and  Colonel  of  Militia, 
and  was  actively  engaged  on  that  exposed  Frontier,  during  the  troubles 
of  1837-8;  that  finding  the  labors  of  Farming  unsuited  to  my  state 
of  health,  I  was,  in  1845,  induced  to  come  to  Montreal,  aa  convenient- 
ly  situated  for  benefiting  by  the  repeatedly  expressed  kind  desive  of 
the  late  Lord  Metcalfe  to  serve  me,— but,  unfortunately,  too  late  ;  and 
that  though  I  had  been  honored  with  private  introductions  to  Lord  and 
Lady  C^,thcart,  and  his  Lordship  evinced  a  friendly  disposition  to- 
wards  me,  he  had  no  opportunity  of  doing  more  than  mentioning  my 
name  in  favorable  terms  to  his  successor,  the  Earl  of  Elgin,  durmg 
whose  administration  I  was  therefore  more  than  once  in  hopes  that  my 
humble  claims  upon  the  country,  would  be  found  worthy  of  some  con- 
sideration  ;  but  that  owing,  I  presume,  tooonflicting  political  influences, 
1  have  unfortunately  continued  overlooked  and  unemployed  to  this 
hour,  surrounded  by  a  large  family,  depending  on  very  slender  means 

for  support.  .  r     .       , 

I  trust  I  may  also  be  permitted  to  add  that  I  have  the  satisfaction  of 
knowing  that  during  ray  ten  years  sojourn  in  the  West,  I  had  the  char, 
acter  of  discharging  my  various  public  duties  with  exemplary  zeal  and 
integrity,  and  of  identifying  myself  with  whatever  was  conducive  to 
the  welfare  of  the  country  at  large,  and  of  my  own  District  in  particu- 
lar,— as  vouched  by  numerous  Official  and  other  Testimoniali,  which  I 
am  ready  to  submit  to  your  Excellency,  if  desired. 

As  to  my  fitness  for  the  duties  of  Inspecting  Field  Officer,  I  trust  it 
^ill  be  sufficient  to  point  to  «6  years  service  as  a  British  Officer— to 
my  knowledge,  from  actual  experience,  as  a  Militia  Colonel,  of  the 
defeeU  in  th«  present  organUation  of  that  powerful  engine,  on  wht«h 


«nU8t  eventually  UeiJeiiii  tlit  mifbly  oi'  lliii  gieav  Britiith  Coluny  ;  and 
ioadd  Uiat  to  keenly  sensible  have  J  felt  of  th^  urgent  ne(3«asity  of  a 
change  for  the  better,  that  1  have  more  than  once  ventured  to  sug- 
gest various  reforms  in  the  Militia  system,  besides  having,  in  1847-8, 
bean  a  Caadidate  for  Olfice  in  the  Department  of  the  Adjutant  Geu' 
"eral,— as  vouched  by  various  documents  in  my  possession  ;  and  finally, 
that  though  advanced  in  years  I  proudly  feel  that  I  have  still  sufficient 
mental  and  bodily  energy  to  be,  if  permitted,  of  considerable  service 
to  the  noble  land  of  my  adoption.  _     i.!.-. 

:    ^   I  i  have  the  honor  to  be  ,  ,,,  i,;  .^^-mv 

,      Vour  ExceUency'fl  very  humble 

I  And  Obedient  Servant.  ;    ''  . 

R.  Lachlan, 
I  ;.v-'ri,  ;,,,  '.h  Late  Major  17th  Reg't  ! 

u'l.Un  ]f> '[,:.:         And  Ex  Col.  1st  Essex  Militia. 


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'To  Hia Exteltency,  -ut  .u.  ,(.(.  ;  f,i  .■,;,7/  |  ,  j;,.,,;  \■^ 

Sir  Edmund.  W.  IJtad,  Bar l,^\:  vr!  '  i,i;il.:,n:  ■!  -..A  i.rwiiir'v  /I 

i,    .  ; .  „   ,       Oovernor  General,  ^c„.^c.^  (J-c.  ^•,|„.,i.,j/    ,.,„  (  ,„,    ,,  •, 

Montreal,  l2th,  IVTay,  1856. 
May  IT  Please  Your  Excellency  :•;—  " 

1  take  the  liberty  of  enclosing',  for  .your  Excellency's  Information, 
copy  of  a  farewell  letter  which  I  have  this  day  addressed  to' Sir  Allan 
McNab,  as  Head  of  the  Executive  (jrovemment. 

Considering  the  well  founded  and  urgent  appeals  which  I  had  the 
honor  of  making  to  your  Excellency  direct,  and  the  various  Testimonials 
which  accompanied  tliem,  and  also  the  ample  personal  and  Document- 
ary knowledge  which  Sir  Allan  McNab  possessed  of  my  aiilecedents, 
as  well  as  of  the  patriotic  services  which  I  had  rendered  to  the  country, 
I  conceived  1  had  just  reason  to  hope  that  my  strong  though  humble 
claims  to  consideration  would  have  in  some  degree  been  favorably  ap-« 
preciated  by  the  government ; — but  I  have  been  wofully  disappointed. 
I  am  willing,  notwithstanding,  to  make  allowances  for  your  Excellency 
as  a  stranger  in  the  land,  occupying  the  anomalous  position  in  which  a 
Governor  General  \s  placed  in  connection  with  what  is/aZse/y  termed 
Responsible  Government.  But  it  is  hard  to  be  thus  driven  to  quit  the 
country  of  my  adoption,  and  seek  an  asylum  in  a  foreign  State,  rather 
than  be  subjected  to  the  many  mortifications  incident  to  being  conspic- 
uously  known  as  an  old  British  Officer,  md  run  the  risk  of  being  re- 
duced by  an  ungrateful  country  to  the  same  dilemma  as  the  unfortu- 


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.pact  for  your  Excellency,  '       '     c  , 

^''Your%ellency'8veryObedieo»S^ervan^^^^^^^       . 

.'■,(.,•  .    ,        ,  nl  Late  Maior  l7tK  RegU 

•;"'  .  And  Ex  Col.  I9t  Essex  Miht.8. 


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J'o  Major  Lachlan,  Montreal  q„kbcc,  lUh  ApmL,  1865'.  " 

T)r.n  Sia-     1  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letters  o 
Dear  Sir.     \3 '.     3^1  j„,t.   Your  official  application  for  the  of- 

U,e  311st.  "l^7';"4\';(J^^^^^^^^^^^^    Militia.  I  shall  have  great  pleasure 

fice  of  \-P-^;  e„.^'^^^',^^^^^^^^^  ,ho  Governor  General,  by  whom  I  am 

confident,  It  will  receive  uio  n/r  ;„,,„',  irmv'    The  c  rcumstancB 

rank,  ...a  you,  long  »e,.i«  ,n  her  M»,es.    ,  Army.     11.=  ^ 

of  .he  re.i8n»Uon  of  your  c6mm,.»,on,  '.^C^^^"'  ^^ji'^  i,  ^,,,,4 
before  the  p.e.en.  governmen.,  nor  do j  ^»'«™  V";^  ,^;.  -^.^4.- 
to   or  have  any  influence,  or  beaimj  .on.^^oi,r^,cIaMn,lor  ine    yj  ij 

'^'t^ZlM^t  -.  »>»<■  'o  Pre,i\,t,  io  iren^tit|JV|| 

Excellency,  when  it  is  his  pleasure  to jreceiN^  f^e  same.^^^,,^^^  1^„, 

iVieaniime,  I  am,  .,     .  ■,  ^  ;  .,:M  •!.,?>  ^M 

,    ,  >'  Deal-  StT,  ,  , 

'  Your  FfiUhlbl  Servant, 

.:  '■•     ■  ,  .,,Hi:.Hn  ALtAN  N.  McNab.  •! 


To  the  Sonar nhJe,  .  i_  ,    i  ■    av    ji>i*' 


Sir— 


MosTMAt,  Uih  May,  185». 

As  Ibid  adieu  .o'ci..i.tolmo;row.Icpneid.r   "j"*;^^! 
yon  ehould  enjoy  .he  Ml  credit    of  being  .he  causa  of  my  expa.r. 
ation.  ^ 

.  .  It  may  be  pr^r  to  remind  th4^««-'i«-J';,{;i'?;"^^i:!L5"^r:^- 
the  celebrlted  oldl^oman  General  B«»«"'"^-°i:^''run try.  he  fell  a  victim  to 
long  life  of  dielinguishea  Be"'««;  !°  J'^  andaSy  forced  to  beg  his  bread  .- 

falee  accusation*,  was  %''"«=tl,I°  Fm  ?'"  Glv  a  farthing  t*  Belisarius." 

••ying,  "  Date  obolnm  BeliBftrio  :      !>«•     """  • 


•    Tou  art  well  aware,  from  paraenal  knowladga  of  mai  M  wall  aa  froBi 
vnriona  documents  aubmitted  to  you.  of  my  having  dona  oonaiderabla 
aervioe  to  the  country,  in  very  critical  timea, — during  which  I  waa  aa 
actively,  though,  rrom  circumBtances,  not  ao  prominently  employed  aa 
yourself.     You  are  also  equally  aware  of  my  having,  as  a  leading  local 
magistrate  and  influential  member  of  society,  been  indefatigable  in  the 
promotion  of  every  object   tending  to  advance  the  prosperity  of  what 
I  was  fondly  led  lo  regurd  as  ray  adopted  country.    And  yet,  notwith- 
atanding  these  well-founded  claims  to  consideration,  when  I  became  • 
Candidate  for  an  office  in  the  gift  of  the  Governor  General,  for  which, 
from  your  personal  knowledge  of  my  antecedents,  you  knew  me  to  be 
peculiarly  fitted,  and  which  the  reduced  state  of  my  pecuniary  oircum* 
stances  rendered  particularly  desirable  by  me  as  the  head  of  a  family,  you 
not  only  heartlessly  refrained  from  doing  an  act  of  justice,  which  as  an 
upright  minister  you  were  bound  to  have  done,  but  you  even  stooped  to 
pander  to  vile  political  party  purposes,  by  bestowing  the  office  so  ur- 
gently solicited  by  me,  on  one,  who,  though  a  good  old  British  Officer, 
had  no  special  claima  upon  this  country,  that  I  can  learn,  except  the 
merit  of  re$iding  in  the  City  of  Hamilton  and  being  thereby  likely  to 
influence  a  feto  votet  in  your  favor. 

I  may  hereafter  be  induced  to  lay  before  the  public  a  short  narrative 
of  "the  doings  "  during  tho  troublous  times  to  which  I  have  above  al- 
luded, which  may  probably  tend  to  show  that  while  Colonel  McNab,  at 
the  head  of  a  considerable  force,  waa  content  to  be  looking  quietly  on 
upon  Navy  Island,  at  a  distance,  and  was  destined  to  be  reaping  Laurela 
and  Honors  therefor, — I  was  more  than  once  closely  engaged  with  Re- 
bels  and  *•  Patriots,"  at  the  risk  of  my  life,  and  lo  the  lasting  injury  of 
my  private  means,— and  yet,  fated  to  be  so  little  rewarded,  as,  at  last, 
to  be  forced  to  bid  adieu  to  a  country  to  which  I  had  become  much  at* 
tached,  independent  of  its  having  been  the  birthplace  of  several  of  my 
children,  and  to  seek  an  obscure  asylum  in  a  foreign  land,-r-where, 
having  nothing  to  hope  for  or  expect,  I  shall  of  coursej  suffer  no  disap- 
pointments, and  where  I  may,  at  the  least,  hope  to  be  quite  as  much 
respected,  without  being  subjected  to  the  many  mortifications  incident 
to  being  conspicuously  known  as  on  old  British  Officer. 
I  am  Sir, 

Your  very  Obedient  Servant, 

R.  Lacblait, 
Late  Major  l^th  Reg't 
And  Ex  Col.  ls(  £saez  MiliUa. 


\ 


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It  now  bocomes  necessary  to  add  1o  the  foregoing, 
that  among  th(!  general  chiirns  to  consideration  on  which. 
I  had  relied,  on  former  occasions,  as  w«dl  as  indicative 
of  my  fitness  for  the  {)articular  ollicc  of  lnsj)ecling  Field 
Officer  of  Militia,  were; 

1.  And  in  few  words,  Ttoentij-fioc  years  honorable  ser- 
vice, as  a  F^ritish  OlFicer. 

2.  Twenty  years'  residence  in  Canada,  with  a  large 
family  to  provide  for,  and  during  ten  of  these  occupying  ^ 
prominent  position  in  the  Western  District,  wliere  I  was 
well  known  as  a  stanchly  loyal  Uritlsh  Whig,  and  unswerv- 
ing practical  Reformer, — and  as  having  from  the  day  of  my 
arrival  taken  a  pride  in  idcniifving  myscdf  with  every  ob- 
ject tending  to  advance  the  prosperity  of  the  land  of  my 
adoption,  as  exemplified,  1.  In  my  having  been  in  suc- 
cession the  direct  founder  of  a  District  Agricultural  and 
Horticultural  Society,  of  an  Emigration  Association,  and 
of  a  limited  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society;  besides 
advocating  in  various  other  ways,  the  revision  of  the 
then  utterly  defective  Militia  system,  the  advancCi.K'nt 
of  education,  the  adoption  of  a  better  course  of  Agricul- 
ture ;  improvements  in  the  public  roads,  the  introduction 
of  a  suitable  class  settlers,  the  establishment  of  free  villag- 
es and  village  harbors,  the  drainage  of  vast  tracts  of  land, 
&3.  2.  In  having  shortly  after,  on  l)eing,  unsolicited  by  me, 
appointed  Sherilfof  the  Western  District  in  1837, — been 
in  various  ways  actively  engaged  in  assisting  to  counter- 
act internal  rebellion  as  well  as  foreign  invasion, — in  the 
iirst  instance,  as  a  humble  volunteer,  and  subsctpiently,  on 
all  communication  with  the  Seat  of  Government  being  cut 
oti'by  the  rebels,  in  tilling  the  responsible  office  of  chair- 
man of  an  emergent  Executive  Committee  of  Magistrates 
at  Amherstburg,  entrusted  with  the  regulation  of  all  local 
matters  connected  with  the  defence  of  the  country,  em- 
bracing the  organization. of  a  Commissariat  and  barrack 
departments,  so  as  to  provide  for  the  accommodation  and' 
subsistence  of  the  Militia  and  volunteers  who  speedily  came 
pouring  in  to  our  assistance.  3.  In  shortly  afterwards,  as 
acting  Lieutenant  Col.  of  Militia,  personally  siiperintendT . 
ing  the  capture  of  the  noted  Rebel .  Schooner  ^4n»,  and 
having  in  consequence  to  proceed  to   Toronto,  to  giv« 


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evidence  against  the  redoubted  Generals  Thellcr,  Suther- 
land, and  others.     4.  In  being  afterwards  present,  as  a 
volunteer,  with  Col.Maitland's  force  on  Point  Pelee  Island, 
assisting  to  dislodge  the  Rebel  force  therefrom.     5.  When 
subsequentlv  appointed  Colonel  of  the  1st.  Essex  Militia, 
in  being  busily  engaged  ia  completing  the  organization  of 
my  Reg't,  and  being  soon  after  called  upon  to  take  the  com- 
mand of  four  companies  of  it,  which  were  suddenly  order- 
ed to  be  embodied  foi  actual  service.     7.  In,  as  an  active 
local  magistrate,  and  more  particularly  as  Chairman  ot  the 
Quarter  Sessions,  earnestly  devoting  myself  to  the  sup- 
pression and  prevention  rather  than  the  punishment  ot 
crime,— the  improvement  of  the  interior  of  the  District 
Jail,  so  as  to  favor  the  introduction  of  some  degree  of 
Prison  Discipline,  the  amendment  of  the  law  of  evidence 
in  behalf  of  the  poor  Indians  ;->-and  the  advocacy  of  reform^ 
in  the  public  expenses,  as  well  as  in  the  appointnient  of 
efficient  local  m.agistrates,&c.,&c.— allat  the  sacrifice  of 
much  time,  labor,  and  expense,  to  the  great  and  lasting 
injury  of  my  private  concerns  as  a  practical  farmer.  And  8. 
In  having,  on  the  state  of  my  health,  arising  from  a  severe 
accident,  obliging  me  to  relinquish  an  active  agricultural 
life,  been  encouraged  to  take  up  my  residence  in  Montreal 
in   1845,  in  the  well    founded  expectation  of  being  ere 
long  appointed  to  some  less  laborious,  yet  congenial  of- 
fice, u.^der  the  Government,  instead  of  being  doomed  to 
remain  ten  years  inactiAie  -nd  uniioticed,  notwithstanding 
the  occurrence  of  various  opportunities  for  employing  me 
advantageously  in  the  public  service,  but  more  particu- 
larly ir   either  the  immigrant  department,  or,  still  more 
congenially,  in  that  of  the  Adjutant  General  of  Militia. 
It  being  foreign  to  the  usual  habits  ana  feelings  of  an  old 
officer,  T  cannot,  in  justice  to  myself,  refrain  from  here 
enlarging  somewhat  on  circumstances  connected  with  the 
former  of  these  departments,  as  a  subject  in  which  I  had 
for   many  years   taken  a   deep   interest.       I   therefore 
venture  to  add  to  what  will  be  found  briefly  stated  in  the 
subjoined  list  of  testimonials,  that  the  first  of  the  three  let- 
ters numbered  24,  25,  and  2o,  was  addressed  to  the  late 
Governor  (General,  I.ord  Elgin,  in  timely  warning  of  the 
certainty  of  a  vastly  increased  influx  of  pauper  emigrants 
from  Ireland,  at  a  time  when  the  Government  seemed  al- 


*       5     ' 


♦      1      < 


Suther- 
it,  as  a 
Island, 
,  When 
Militia, 
ation  of 
[le  com- 
y  order- 
n  active 
n  of  the 
the  sup- 
ment  of 
District 
egree  of 
ividence 
f  reform 
merit  of 
rifice  of 
1  lasting 

And  8. 
a  severe 
cultural 
Montreal 
leing  ere 
enial  of- 
lomed  10 
standing 
)ying  me 
particu- 
ill  more 

Militia. 
)f  an  old 
om  here 
with  the 
ch  I  had 
therefore 
sd  in  the 
three  let- 
)  the  late 
ig  of  the 
imigrants 
emed  al- 


>    ■•  I 


#      ^ 


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together  unprepared  for  such  an  event,  and  suggesting 
various  arrangements  to  meet  tht  coming  emergency,  based 
on  ten  years  attention  to  the  subject  in  the  Western  Dis- 
trict,—that  the2d.letteradverted  to  theastoundingproposal 

about  that  time  made  to  the  British  Minister,  by  a  number 
cf  Irish  noblemen  and  gentlemen,  to  transfer  between  one 
and  two  millions  of  the  redundant  population  of  that  dis- 
tressed country  to  Canada,  at  a  cost  to  the  British  Gov't  of 
from  7  to  9  m'illions  sterling ;  and  that  the  memorandum 
which  accompanied  it  suggested  a  material  remodeling 
of  the  Emigrant  Agency  and  Land  Granting  Departments; 
and  that  the  3d.  letter  and  its  accompanying  memorandum 
related   solely  to  the  more  circumscribed  sphere  ot  my 
exertions  in  the  Western  District,  while  aiming   at  the 
introduction  of  a  wholesome  class  of  industrious  British 
laborers,  in  preference  to  the  rapidly  increasing  influx  ot 
runaway  negroes  of  the  worst  description  from  the  neigh- 
boring "United  States;  but  concluded  with  earnestly  en- 
treating that  the  whole  question  might  be  brought  before 
a  special  commission— parliamentary  or  otherwise,  before 
which  I  was  willing   to  appear.     Nothing  however  was 
done.     And  as  regards  myself,  near  ten  years  ol  unwilling 
idleness   had   elapsed,  when,  as  a  final  effort,  I  last  year 
became  a  Canadate  for  the  congenial  office  of  Inspecting 
Field  Officer  of  Militia,  and  (it  is  painful  to  add)  as  the 
father  of  a  family,found  myself  even  compelled,  by  my  re- 
duced circumstances,  to  make  an  urgent  private  appeal 
to  the  feelings  of  the  Governor  General.     But  all,  alas,  in 

vain ! 

Among  the  multitude  of  documents— for  there  are  many 
more— bearing  evidence  of  the  truths  stated  in  the  fore- 
going letters  and  desultory  statement,  were  the  following 
numerous  official  communications,  from  Government  Secre- 
taries and  other  Public  Functionaries,  drafts  of  onginiil 
letters,  and  other  papers,  pointing  either  directly  or  indi- 
rectly  to  my  exertions  in  the  public  service,  independent 
of  various  anonymous  distinterested  published  writings  in 
behalf  of  Education,  Emigration,  Agriculture,  the  Goo- 
logical  survey  of  the  Province,  and  other  important  patriotic 
objects,  and  my  being  actively  connected  with  the  different 
Literary  and  Philosophical  Societies  in  both  Provinces.— 
The  documents  referring  particularly,  to  my  qualihcauons 


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for  the  office  of  Inspecting  Field  Officer  of  Militia,  will  be 
found  distinguibhed  by  Italics. 


1.  Letter  from  Mr  Secretary  Joseph,  cldted  lltli  Jflnuary,1838,  con- 
veying to  ine  the  ihanlo  of  ihe  Lieutt-nanl  Governor,  (Sir  Francis  Bond 
Head,  for  the  zeal  and  nJaciity  manife.'-ied  by  me  during  that  di&turbed 
period;  repeated  in  a  letter  dated  1 1  h.  February,  1838. 

2.  Do  ,  from  Cul.  Foster,  Commanding  the  Provincial  Militia,  dated 
27th  Jan.  1838,  thanking  me  for  my  zealous  exertions  during  the  "  Pa> 
triot  Outbreak." 

3.  Do.,  dated  11th  Feb.  1838,  highly  complimentary,  addressed  to 
rae  as  Cliairman  of  Emergent  Executive  Connnitlee  of  Maf.istiates,  on 
my  reporting  the  spontaneous  dissolution  of  that  Board,  on  the  arrival 
of  regular  troops  under  Col.  Townsend. 

4.  Letter  to  Lieutenant  Governor  Sir  George  Aurthur,  on  the  improve- 
tncvt  of  the  then  dr/ertive  Mdiiia  system,  dited  2nd  Nov.  1838  N.  B. 
this  follows  the  subject  of  repeated  correspondence  with  Col.  (now 
General)  Wetherall  in  1846-7  and  8, — and  favorably  regarded  by  that 
distinguished  ollicer. 

5.  Sketch  of  a  plan  Jor  raising  in  Britain  an  adive  adjunct  to  the 
Sedentary  MU I tia  of  Canada ;  submitted  to  the  Lieut,  governor  Ist  Dee. 
1837;  and  of  which  a  copy  was  afterwards  forwarded  to  ihe  Secretary 
at  War,  in  London.     {S-e  No.  lO  ) 

6.  Letter  from  Mr.  Sec.  Maeaulay,  of  31st  Jan.,  1839,  (on  circum- 
stances derogatory  to  an  o'd  officer  having  compelled  me  to  tender  my 
simultaneous  resignation  of  the  Sheriffship  and  Colonelcy  of  Militia,) — 
expressing  the  Lieut.  Governor's  regret  at  i:ny  having  come  to  such  a  de- 
termination, and  wishing  me  to  recall  it,  and  assuring  me  that  the 
governor  was  quite  satisfied  thit  I  had  throughout  bi  en  governed  by  a 
proper  public  spirit,  and  a  steadfast  desire  to  serve  the  Queen  at  a  very 
critical  period. 

7.  Letter  from  Mr.  Sec.  Harrison, dated  27th  Sept.,  1840,  thankinj^ 
rae,  by  desire  of  the  Lieut.  Governor,  for  a  letter  suggesting  improve- 
ments in  the  District  Grammar  School  arrangements. 

8.  and  9.  Two  do.,  do.,  dated  23rd  Oct.,  1839,  and,— 1840,  convey- 
ing Lieut.  Governor's  thanks  for  letters  and  interesting  documents  on  the 
establishment  of  free  villages,  with  assurances  that  they  had  engaged 
his  very  particular  consideration. 

10.  Letter  to  the  Right  Honorable  J.  B.  McAulay,  Secretary  at  War, 
dated  1st  May,  1840,  transmitting  copy  of  sketch  of  plan  for  raising  an 
active  .Adjunct  to  the  Sedentary  Militia,  as  worthy  of  consideration,  in 
connection  with  his  proposal  in  the  British  Parliament  for  raising  a 
Veteran  Battalion  for  service  in  Canada  :  with  reply,  dated  24th  July, 
1840,  thanleing  me  for  the  same. 

11.  Letter  from  Assistant  Secretary  Hopkirk,  dated  8th  Feb.,  1843» 
addressed  to  me  as  President  Emigration  Association,  conveying  to  me 


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the  Lieut.   Governor's  thanks  for  interesting  documents  connected 
therewith. 

12,  Letter  from  Mr.  Sec.  Harrison,  dated  23rd  Feb.,  1841,  con- 
veying Governor's  thanks  for  published  proceedings  ai  public  meeting 
eslablishiug  W.  D.  Emigration  Association. 

13.  do.,  do.,  do.,  dated  14lh  Jan.,  1842,  acknowledging  with 
thanks  receipt  of  an  extended  Report  of  the  existing  state  of  the  Colored 
settlers  in  the  W.  District,  prepared  by  desire  of  Government. 

14.  Do.,  from  do.,  dated  8th  Dec,  1842,  simply  acknowledging  re- 
ceipt of  long  letter  addressed  to  the  Governor  General,  (Sir  Charles 
Bagot)  on  various  matters  vitally  connected  with  the  welfare  ant!  in- 
terests of  the  Wer.tern  District,— His  Excellency  declining  any  corres- 
pondence with  me  on  the  subject,  as  considered  of  a  political  character. 

15,  and  16.  Two  letters  from  Mr.  Sec.  Higginson,  dated  27th 
Dec,  1843,  and  llth  Jan.,  1844,  acknowledging,  in  the  name  of  the 
Governor  General  (Sir  Charles  Metcalfe,)  receipt  of  letters  covering 
copy  of  the  foregoing  document,  and  referring  to  efforts  lately  made  by 
me  in  correspondence,  as  well  as  at  a  late  personal  interview  wiih  the 
Governor  General  at  Kingston,  in  behalf  of  ameliorations  in  the  law  of 
evidence  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  Indians,—  and  tendering  His  Excel- 
lency's sincere  thanks,  for  the  zeal  evinced  by  me  for  the  welfare  of  the 
Colony  generally  and  the  Western  District  in  particular,  andexpicss- 
ing  a  desire  to  hear  further  from  me  on  similar  subjects. 

'  \1.  N.  B.  Unfortunately  all  the  original  correspondence,  and  oth- 
er documents,  9  in  number,  connected  with  that  important  suhject.  the 
amendment  of  the  Law  of  Evidence  for  the  benefit  of  the  Indians,  w6re 
lost,  having  been  handed  over  to  the  late  Doctor  Dunlop,  M.  P.  P.  for 
Huron  to  be  referred  to  on  ijringing  the  matter  forward  in  Parliament; 
but  some  how,  mislaid,  before  he  had  an  opporturiity  for  making  use 
of  them,  and  this  the  more  to  be  regretted,  the  object  bein?  known  to 
have  been  favorably  regarded  by  the  Governor  General,  notwithstand- 
ing the  adverse  opinion  by  the  then  Law  Officers  of  the  Crown. 

18.  Letter  from  Mr.  Sec.  Higginson,  dated  23rd  Feb.,  1844,  ac- 
knowledging  with  Governor's  thanks  receipt  of  additional  papers  strong- 
ly testifying  to  my  public  spirited  exertions  for  the  prosperity  of  the 
Western  District. 

19.  Letter  from  Mr.  Sec.  Higginson,  dated  20th  June,  1844,  thank- 
ing  me,  from  the  Governor  General,  for  suggestions  contained  mi  letters 
dated  1st.  and  10th  of  June,  and  ass^uring  me  that  they  would  engage 
the  Governor  General's,  ami  Government's  attention. 

20.  and  21.  Do.,  do.,  dated  16ih  Feb..  and  Ibth  Aug.,  1845,  in  re- 
ply to  /f  Iters  exprexsmg  mif  d  aire  for  employnipnt  under  Government, — 
iniormini(  ine  that  my  wish  had  been  duly  noted,  and  regretting  that 
the  facility  of  gratifying  it  was  not  equal  to  His  Excellency's  inclina- 
tion ;  but  that  1  was  fully  aware  of  the  will. 

22.  Copy  of  letter  to  Lord  Cathrart  (Governor  General)  dated  July 
1846,  reiternti.Kj  m_i/  lohh  for  public  emploi/meHt,  accompanied  by  a 
long  list  of  Testimonials  of  various  kinds  added  to  an  unsolicited  par- 
ticular  personal  introduction  to  His  Excellency  by  a  mutual  friend  in 
England. 


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23.  Two  letters,  from  Mr.  Sec.  Daley,  dated  27th  Aug.,  1846,  and 
20th  Feby.  1847,  (the  latter  during  ihe  Government  of  Lord  Elgin) 
twice  informing  me  that  mif  name  had  been  noted, aa  a  Candidate  for 
public  employment. 

24,  25,  and  26.  Three  strong  letters,— -with  an  appropriate  mem- 
orandum appended  to  each,— addressed  by  me  to  Lord  Elgin  (besides 
various  others  to  Mr.  Secretary  Campbell)  dated  2d.  April,  2d.  May, 
and  24th  May  1847,  on  the  then  moaienious  subject  of  Immigration, 
written  before  and  during  the  visitation  of  the  awfully  fatal  epidemic 
among  the  emigrants  during  that  season,  followed  up  by  my  expressing 
my  wiiliugness  to  take  charge  of  the  Montreal  Emigrant  Agency  atthe 
very  moment  that  the  desolating  pestilence  had  numbered  the  late 
worthy  holder  of  the  office  among  its  victims. 

27.  Two  notes  from  the  Honorable  W.  Morris  (Receiver  General) 
dated  12lh  Feby.  and  30th  July  1847.  stating  that  he  had  (twice)  men- 
doned  my  natue  favorably  to  Lord  Elgin,  and  in  the  latter  instance,  as 
a  proper  person  to  take  charge  of  the  Montreal  Emigrant  Agency, 
vice  Mr.  Yarwood,  deceased. 

28,  29,  and  30.  Three  letters  addressed  to  Lord  Elgin  and  Mr. 
Sec.  Campbell  (besides  other  corr^-spondence  with  the  latter)  dated 
17th  July,  and  18ih  Aug.,  1847,  adverting  to  rumors  of  the  intended 
completion  of  department  of  Adjutant  General  of  Militia, — reiterating 
my  desire  for  public  employment,  and   offering  myself  as  a  Candidate 

for  office  in  a  Branch  of  the  public  service,  so  congenial  to  an  old  officer^ 
and  referring  to  the  many  Testimonials  in  my  favor. 

31.  Letter  to  the  Gov.  General,  dated  1 1th  March,  1848,  advert- 
ing to  renewed  rumors  regarding  completion  of  Staff  of  Militia  De- 
partment and  (as  strengthening  former  appeals  to  His  Excellency  fdr 
employment  in  that  Department,)  referring  to  a  flattering  spontaneota 
memorial  in  my  favor,  unexpectedly  transmitted  to  the  Governor  in  my 
favor  by  the  leading  inhabitants  of  the  Western  District. 

32.  Letter  from  the  Hon.  Mr.  Sullivan,  Provincial  Secretary,  dated 
14th  April  1848,  acknowledging  letter  apprizing  him  of  my  being  a 
Candidate   for  office  in  the  Department  of  Adj't  Gen'l  of  Militia. 

33.  Memorial  addressed  to  the  Governor  General,  in  Council,  dat- 
ed 28th  July,  1851,  praying  to  be  appointed  to  one  of  the  newly  cre- 
ated offices  of  Inspector  of  Prisons,  referring  to  various  documents 
on  public  record,  indicating  my   fitness  for  such  an  office  ;  besides, 

34.  Copy  of  a  Digested  Code  of  Prison  Regulations,  for  adoption 
in  the  Jail  at  Sandwich,  framed  by  me  so  far  back  as  1842,  when  Chair- 
man of  the  Quarter  Sessions,  after  being  at  the  trouble  and  expense  of 
visiting  the  prisons  at  Toronto  and  Kingston  for  the  purpose  of  ac- 
quiring the  best  information  on  the  subject. 

35.  Letter  to  His  Excellency,  the  present  Governor  General,  (pre- 
fixed at  length  to  this  List,)  dated  26th  March,  1855,  n/ermi^r  to 
former  vain  appeals  for  employment,  and  offering  my»clf  ^  as  a^  candi- 
date for  the  congenial  office  of  Inspecting  Field  Officer  of  Militia. 

36.  Do,,  to  Sir  Allan  McNab,  (to  whom  I  am  well  known,)  of 
same  date,  privately  informing  him  of  my  having  done  so,  and  trens- 


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mitting  a  copy  of  ray  letter  to  the  Governor  General  for  hia  private 
information. 

37.  Do.,  to  Sir  Allan  McNab,  dated  Slst  March,  written  at  liis 
particular  suggestion,  annoMnci?i^  myse^/  to  him  officially,  asacandi' 
date  for  the  office  in  question. 

38.  Letter  to  Sir  Allan  McNab,  dated  3d  April,  adverting  to  letter 
from  Gen.  Roioan  in  my  favor,  and  guarding  him  against  malicious 
leports  regarding  the  spirit  in  which  I  resigned  the  Sheriffship,  and 
Colonelcy  of  Militia. 

89.  Sir  Allan  McNab's  reply,  dated  11th  April,  (given  above  in 
full,)  promising  to  do  all  for  me  in  his  power,  and  suggesting  the 
transmission  to  him  of  whatever  documents  I  mi^ht  tliinit  likely  to 
strengthen  my  application,  to  be  appended  to  my  OflBcial  Letter. 

41.  Letter  to  Sir  A.  McNab,  dated  SIsl  April,  1855,  transmitting 
various  Testimonials,  and  among  them  a  small  MSS.  volume,  consist- 
ing of  a  Sketch  of  various  improvement*  in  the  published  Ihstkvotioss 
FOR  THE  Light  Infantry  Drill,  of  the  British  Army,  submitted  by  me 
to  the  Adjutant  General  as  far  back  as  1829,— and  much  approved  of 
by  Sir  Herbert  Taylor,  (then  Adjutant  General,)  as  vouched  by  an 
Autograph  Letter  appended  thereto. 

42.  Letter  to  Sir  Allen  M'Nab,  dated  llth  May,  1855,  reminding 
him  of  my  readiness  to  furnish  other  testimonials,  if  required,  particu- 
larly relative  to  my  services  during  the  "Troubles"  in  1837-8,  and  con- 
gratulating him  on  the  passing  of  the  General  Drainage  Association 
Bill,  as  singularly  coinciding  with  my  patriotic  efforts  in  behalf  of  the 
■ame  object' in  the  Western  District,  aiming  at  the  redemption  of  about 
a  million  of  acres  of  land  in  that  district  atone. 

43.  Letter  to  Lord  Sec.  Bury,  dated  23d  May ,  1855,  referring  to  a 
late  proposition  to  the  Canadian  Government  by  the  Rt.  Hon.,  the 
Secretary  at  War,  for  conferring  grants  of  fifty  acres  of  land  on  officers 
and  soldiers  of  the  Foreign  Legion;— and  taking  the  opportunity  of  sub- 
mitting for  the  Governor  General's  perusal,  copy  of  my  plan  for  rais- 
ing an  active  adjunct  to  the  Sedentary  Militia,  (a  copy  of  which  was 
forwarded  to  the  Secretary  at  War  in  1839,)  as  holding  out  the  same 
provision  for  members  of  that  force,  but  with  this  marked  distinction, 
Uiat  my  plan  aimed  at  a  local  patriotic  object,  combined  with  a  benefit 
to  our  own  countrymen,  instead  of  to  foreigners,  as  now  proposed. 

44.  Two  letters  to  Lord  Bury,  dated  16th  June,  and  3d  July,  in- 
quiring whether  various,  to  me  important  and  valued,  doi  uments,  in- 
trusted to  the  care  of  Sir  Allen  M'Nab,  (he  having  gone  to  England) 
were  so  situated  as  to  be  readily  referred  to  by  the  Governor  General ; 
and  adding  extract  of  a  late  letter  from  Col.  Prince,  who  had  been  a 
witness  of  my  patriotic  exertions  in  very  critical  times. 

45.  Letter  to  Col.  Baron  De  Rottenburg,  dated  15th  August,  1855, 
(in  consequence  of  no  reply  being  received  to  the  two  foregoing,  and 
It  having  been  notified  by  circular  that  all  future  correspondence  con- 
nected  with  Militia  matters  was  to  take  place  through  the  Adjutant 
General)  begging  information  regarding  the  documents  above  alluded 
to,— and  adding  my  belief  (hat  I  had  been  strongly  recommended  to 
the  Governor  General  by  .-.■>  't.  General  Rowan. 


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46.  Letter  from  do.,  dated  29th.  August,  apprising  me  of  his  hav- 
inj^  received  from  Lord  Bury,  all  the  papers  belonging  to  me  in  his  pes- 
Bessioii,  but  that  the  only  oriffimtl  documents  in  the  list  was  a  letter  to 
His  Exellency  from  General  Kowan. 

47.  Letter  from  Baron  De  Rottenburg,  dated  I8th  September, 
1855,  acknowledging  letters  of  8th  and  Hth  Sept.,  and  inclosures  ; 
and  expressing  his  Excellency's  thanks  for  the  perusal  of  the  MSS. 
Drill  Book,  assuring  me  that  he  would  give  my  claims  and  services 
due  consideration. 

48  Letter  to  Baron  Rottenburg,  dated  16fh  Oct.  1855,  expressing 
an  anxious  desire,  if  not  then  too  late,  to  add  to  the  documents  in  my 
favor  a  reference  to  various  leading  individuals  in  Toronto,  who  had 
been  long  aware  of  my  exertions  in  behalf  of  the  country. 

49.  Memorandum  rec'd  from  Col.  De  Rottenburg.transmitling  part 
of  my  missmg  documents,  as  having,  strange  to  say,  turned  up  in  the 
HvRUKV  OF  Agriculture  !  instead  of  the  Office  of  the  fata  Fninicr ! 
a/?T^  Private  letter  to  His  Excellency,  the  Governor  General,  dated 
24th  Dec,  1855.  makmg,  as  a  last  effort,  an  nrgent  appeal  to  His 
±.xccUcncij  s  fchnys  as  a  parent,  prompted  by  the  very  reduced  state  of 
my  pecuniary  circumstances  ;  and  confessing,  thnt  should  my  claims 
upon  the  Government  be. now  passed  over,  I  should  be  reluctantly 
compelled  to  seek  an  asylum  in  a  foreign  land. 

61.  Letter  from  His  Excellency,  the  Governor  General,  dated  2Yth 
Dec,  1855,  statmg,  that  though  regretting  the  po.sition  of  my  private 
aJtairs,  the  dii.posal  of  the  appointment  sought  by  me,  would  not,  con- 
sistent with  his  duty,  be  affected  by  such  considerations  ! 

62.  Letter    from   Col.  De  Rottenburg,  dated    20th    Feb,    1858 
tranemittinff  copy  ofa  communication  just  received  from  Warden  of  the 
County  of  Essex,  alluding  in  hiphly  complimentary  terms  to  my  pa- 
tnotic  exertions  during  my  ten  years  residence  in  the   Western  Dis- 
trict, being  the  last  public  Testimonial  that  had  been  received  by  me. 

53  Letter  from  Sir  Allan  Mc  Nab,  dated  18ih  Jan.,  1856,  assuring 
me  that  the  correspondence  to  which  1  had  referred,  and  which  hf  had 
not  forgotten,  had  all  been  laid  before  the  Governor  General,  previous 
to  his  departure  for  Europe. 


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It  IS  only  necessary  to  add,  in  conclusion,  that  the 
larewell  Letter  to  His  Excellency,  the  Governor  Gen^ 
eral,  given  at  length  in  this  Paper,  was  promptly  ac- 
knowledged through  Mr.  Secretary  Pennefather;  but  that 
that  to  the  late  Premier  still  remains  unanswered. 


Cincinnat!,   Ohio,  Octohtr,  1858. 


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